[mapguide-users] Fusion vs Basic web layouts using Sheboygan samples report very different co-ordinates

[Mike Adair]

There is a ticket open for this:  http://trac.osgeo.org/fusion/ticket/2

Mike

Zac Spitzer wrote:
> I have been having issues with getting the an openlayers tiled
> mapDefinition to match
> up with some markers coming out of the database.
>
> So in classic, take a step back and try and solve the problem I just
> did a quick test using
> Mapguide studio 2009 with the Sheboygan samples, and i have found what
> appears to be a
> serious discrepancy between the co-ordinates being reported (and used?)
>
> Open a flexible web layout and a basic web layout from the Sheboygan samples.
>
> Zoom into district 8 and note the co-ordinates for the intersection of
> N 3rd St & Parks street
>
> The Flexible Layout reports (x: -88.2986, y: 44.062)
> The Basic Layout reports (x: -87.704540 y:43.765598)
>
> Google agrees with the basic layout co-ordinates
> http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Sheboygan+&ie=UTF8&ll=43.765636,-87.704528&spn=0.002677,0.007167&z=18&iwloc=addr
>
> Is there a reason behind this?
>
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